So i heard. Alright, he ended up with 7 which is a travesty considering his talent and longevity. Anyone know the full list of what songs he was nominated for? I'm interested in what was considered for a win. Even what won instead!

Ta.

[Edited 5/27/16 17:30pm]

endiadj said:

yeah, and he only got 7. i've always lamented the lack of respect the industry showed him. always! i'm disgusted that in a world where jay z has 22 and beyonce has 20 and 53 noms, a true musical genius such as prince only has 7. it just shows that none of this stuff is ever truly about talent.

I think it's because of how he treated Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson on the 'We Are the World' sessions... bc think about it... Lionel Richie won for 'Can't Slow Down' for best album over 'Purple Rain'???? Travesty

Best lists and awards are subjective in most cases (the Billboards, on the other hand, are based entirely on sales figures, if that's your thing). Notice the big gap between The Gold Experience and News? Gee, you think maybe Prince's feud with Warner had anything to do with that 8 year hiatus? Emancipation wasn't nominated, and it's crazy ambitious. To paraphrase Frank Zappa, America rewards mediocrity (case in point, not one nod to Lovesexy). And look, he started winning Grammys again when Musicology came out and he was back to playing ball.

RiotPaisley said:

Ok so 1988 U2 Joshua Tree beat SOTT for Album of the Year. I disagree. Aretha Franklin and George Micheal beat him for best RB song by duo or group and best song... UGot the Look was the song. It's kind of a pain to find this because I haven't found a site that list noms and winners. Not easily at least.

Here's the reaction shot. [img:$uid]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v339/suomynona/prince-grammys-1988_zps45bb364b.gif[/img:$uid]

suomynona said:

endiadj said:

yeah, and he only got 7. i've always lamented the lack of respect the industry showed him. always! i'm disgusted that in a world where jay z has 22 grammys and beyonce has 20 and 53 noms, a true musical genius such as prince only has 7. it just shows that none of this stuff is ever truly about talent. [Edited 5/27/16 18:10pm]

Wow, seriously? In that case Prince should have had 500+ grammy awards! Anyway, I did not know that, that's just absurd and all the more reason for me to keep NOT following those BS awards.

endiadj said:

Yeah, the Grammy's are a joke. I'm a big Paul McCartney fan, and in 2005 he was nominated for Best Album or something like that. It was one of his better albums, but the idea that he was even nominated was a joke. I imagined the reasoning went something like, 'If we nominate McCartney, he'll show up, and more viewers will tune in."

It's kind of ironic. Like I said. I am a HUGE McCartney fan, but it was his nomination that year that turned me off of the Grammys.

avajane said:

suomynona said:

Here's the reaction shot. [img:$uid]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v339/suomynona/prince-grammys-1988_zps45bb364b.gif[/img:$uid]

That was actually his reaction when they simply read his name from the list of best albums. I don't think there's footage of his reaction when U2 won. Here's the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/w...C1g568geII [Edited 5/27/16 21:28pm]

Wow. When they read the nomination for S☮TT, the audience barely applaud him. Compared to the others who were nominated. Scary low appriciation for that album in the crowd that night.

gandorb said:

endiadj said:

yeah, and he only got 7. i've always lamented the lack of respect the industry showed him. always! i'm disgusted that in a world where jay z has 22 grammys and beyonce has 20 and 53 noms, a true musical genius such as prince only has 7. it just shows that none of this stuff is ever truly about talent. [Edited 5/27/16 18:10pm]

The Grammys were extremely middle of the road with an "easy listening" bias in the years before the 2000s, so rarely did anyone that pushed the edge with original and artistic music win. This is still true today, just not as extreme. Prince would have had to be more like Phil Collins, Christopher Cross, and Lionel Ritchie to dominate. Scary thought! If he had been, few if any of us would be on this board.

Yes, that's what I notice from the list...time and again he was losing to MOR artists. Interesting thread, it was only in recent years that I began watching the Grammy's, as for years they weren't televised in the UK.

suomynona said:

jdcxc said:

suomynona said:

Here's the reaction shot. [img:$uid]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v339/suomynona/prince-grammys-1988_zps45bb364b.gif[/img:$uid]

U2's speech was so lame...saying Prince was more than a "song and dance man" as a sideways compliment. It was following this when P made the famous statement, "I'm not saying I'm better than anybody else. But you'll be sitting there at the Grammys, and U2 will beat you. And you say to yourself, 'Wait a minute. I can play that kind of music, too. I played La Crosse [Wisconsin] growing up, I know how to do that, you dig? But you will not do 'Housequake.'"

I agree! That comment was so backhanded. Prince did not need validation from the likes of Bono after just producing arguably the decade's best album. And P was spot on - he could do everything they could do, but can't say the same in return. No point in being humble about when it's the god honest truth!

I doubt that was a backhanded compliment.

My take is he felt Prince deserved the award but because the academy had so little respect for him, he didn't.

It's good he lost to U2 though. Any other winner would've been an injustice.

RiotPaisley said:

Ok full list of who he lost Grammys to - Sidenote I don't believe awards shows are worth much but this was pretty interesting nonetheless less- check it out: 1984 international lover lost to Billie Jean 1985 PR lost album of the year to Lionel Ritchie (LR also beat Springsteen... Born in USA) 1986 Kiss lost to Anita Baker Sweet Love 1990 pop vocal for Batman lost to Micheal Bolton 1990 RB male vocal Batdance lost to Bobby Brown Every Little Step (also beating Luther Vandross) 1991 Julie Gold and Better Midler beat NC2U with from a distance 1992 Gett off lost RB group performance to Boys to men and cooleyhigh 1993 DP lost to Celine Dion in pop group/duo performance some beauty and the beast song 1995 MBGITW lost to Elton John can you feel the love tonight 1996 I hate U lost to Stevie's for your love 1996 TGE lost album of the year to tlc crazy sexy cool (ironic since that album sounds like a Prince album) 2004 NEws lost to Ry Cooder Mambo Sinuedo 2005 cinnamon girl lost to John Mayer daughters for pop vocal 2005 call my name won best male RB vocal but lost best RB song to Alicia Keys and Kanye for you don't know my name (kinda ironic) 2005 musicology won traditional RB; but lost best RB album to Key's Diary... Interesting. 2007 Black Sweat lost best male vocal to John legend Heaven and best RB song to MJ Blige Beautiful Loved and Blessed lost to John legend joss stone and van hunt for family affair 3121 lost urban alternative album to Gnarles Barkely Crazy and RB album to MJ Blige The Break Through 2008 song of the heart lost to dream girls And finally 2010 dreamer lost to Springsteen working on a dreamfor best rock vocal performance

Thanks for putting the work in! Some of those I agree with, some I don't. Massively!

suomynona said:

jdcxc said:

Purple Rain, 1999 and Sign O The Times deserved Album of The Year and WDC Song and Record of The Year.

thanks to you Riotpaisley, for that list..

as I understand Prince won "7 Grammy's and an Oscar", he should have won some more of those Grammys (looking back),

I think Purple Rain and Sign O' The Times deserved to win best album of the year.